Síofra Cléirigh Büttner (, ; born 21 July 1995) is an Irish

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distanc ...

Early life

Cléirigh Büttner grew up in

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

and attended Coláiste Íosagáin,

Booterstown Booterstown () is a coastal suburb of the city of Dublin in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is also a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in the modern county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. It is situated about south of Dublin ...

. Her parents are Merv Büttner and Fiona Ní Chléirigh. She won a silver medal in the girls' 1500m at the 2011 European Youth Olympics.

Career

Cléirigh Büttner attends

Villanova University Villanova University is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic research university in Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded by the Order of Saint Augustine in 1842 and named after Thomas of Villanova, Saint Thom ...

, Pennsylvania, and won a rare "triple" at the

Penn Relays The Penn Relays (officially The Penn Relay Carnival) is the oldest and largest track and field competition in the United States, hosted annually since April 21, 1895 by the University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. In 2012 ...

Distance medley relay The distance medley relay (DMR) is an athletic event in which four athletes compete as part of a relay. With its inclusion in the IAAF World Relays program, the IAAF announced on May 1, 2015 that the event would be an official world record event ...

, 4 × 800 metres, and 4 × 1500 metres. She ran the

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

at the

2017 World Championships in Athletics The 2017 IAAF World Championships, the sixteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 4 to 13 August at London Stadium in London, United Kingdom. London was officially awarded the championships on 11 November 2011. Bidding p ...

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* * * * * * 1995 births Living people Irish female middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Ireland Villanova Wildcats women's track and field athletes Athletes from Dublin (city) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ireland People educated at Coláiste Íosagáin, Booterstown 21st-century Irish sportswomen {{Ireland-athletics-bio-stub